
by Proud Mary Coffee – Proud Mary Coffee Melbourne
Origin
Nicaragua
Process
Natural
Variety
Javanica
Roast Type
filter
<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW197670944 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">The Mierisch family have deep roots in Nicaragua – Bruno Mierisch Boettiger, a German geologist, first moved to Nicaragua in the late 1800’s, as part of the team tasked with building the Nicaraguan National Railroad. After the completion of the massive project and unable to pay salaries in full, the Nicaraguan government offered land in the mountains of Matagalpa as payment. This land became the first of the Mierisch family’s farms, and many generations later, </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">they’re</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> still </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">working</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> the same lands. Fincas Mierisch is now </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">comprised</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> of </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">eleven</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> farms in Nicaragua and three in neighboring Honduras, overseen by the </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">3</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW197670944 BCX0" data-fontsize="12">rd </span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">(Doc) and 5</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun Superscript SCXW197670944 BCX0" data-fontsize="12">th</span></span><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> (Wingo)</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> generations of the family.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW197670944 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW197670944 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW197670944 BCX0" lang="EN-US"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">El </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW197670944 BCX0">Limoncillo</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">, named after the small variety of lemon growing on the farm, was </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">purchased</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> in 1930 and is the second oldest farm in the Fincas Mierisch group.</span></span><span class="EOP SCXW197670944 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div> <div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW197670944 BCX0"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span data-contrast="auto" lang="EN-US" class="TextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">The Java variety was first planted at </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW197670944 BCX0">Limoncillo</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> in the early 2000s, coinciding with a transition from commodity to specialty coffee – quality over quantity. Dubbed Javanica (Java grown in Nica-</span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW197670944 BCX0">ragua</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">, get it?</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">) by the Mierisch family, it has gone on to place in the Nicaragua Cup of Excellence competition multiple times. </span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">Processed as a traditional natural, the Javanica from El </span><span class="NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW197670944 BCX0">Limoncillo</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0"> is big and fruity, with notes of </span><span class="NormalTextRun ContextualSpellingAndGrammarErrorV2Themed SCXW197670944 BCX0">berry</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW197670944 BCX0">, plum, and raspberry. </span></span><span class="EOP SCXW197670944 BCX0" data-ccp-props="{}"> </span></p> </div>
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